Alabama Bowling Lanes Public- Cannot Refuse Use to Negroes

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December 4, 1968

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Racial Discrimination in Alabama Bowling Alleys. Court Ruled Public Facilities Cannot Deny Use by Negroes.

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Press Releases, Volume 5. Alabama Bowling Lanes Public- Cannot Refuse Use to Negroes, 1968. e2437f28-b992-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/b9a209db-fc34-4a61-baa0-f7ccbcd06115/alabama-bowling-lanes-public-cannot-refuse-use-to-negroes. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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    President 
Hon. Francis E. Rivers 

AA PRESS RELEASE Director-Counsel 

egal fefense und Jack Greenberg 

Director, Public Relations 

NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. Jesse DeV I 

10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 * JUdson 6-8397 qucssy UMnER 212-769-0687 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

December 4, 1968 

ALABAMA BOWLING LANES PUBLIC 

CANNOT REFUSE USE TO NEGROES 

Legal Defense Fund Attorney Won Court Ruling 

AMA--A federal court ruled this week that bowling 
BESSEMER, ALAB, Negroes cannot 
alleys in Alabama are public facilities and that 

be denied their use. 

e Northern District of Alabama 
The U.S. District Court for th 

uit by Blevin Stout and 
handed down the ruling in response to a 5' 

Sammy Bibb, Jr., both Negroes of this city. 

Stout and Bibb charged they were denied the use of Holiday 

Bowling Lanes because of their race. 

by an associate of the NAACP Legal 
Their case was presented 

Inc., attorney Oscar Adams. 
Defense and Educational Fund, 

Aaoayine 

Attorney Adams argued that the—denialte i Stout and Bibb of use 

of the local facility was a breach of the public accommodations 

section of the 1964 Civil Rights Law. 

Negroes have been denied the use of 
According to Mr. Adams, 

the state of Alabama. 
powling facilities throughout 

urt ruled similarly in five other cases involving bowling 
The col 

Fund had pending in the same area. 
alleys which the Legal Defense 

In addition to a permanent injunction against racial discrimi- 

nation, the court also awarded attorney's fees. e 

Ese 

xt of the National Association 

ed People (NAACP) it now is a 

the initials are retained 

NOTE: Though the LDF was once 4 pa 

for the Advancement of Color 

separate organization, even though 

in its title.

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